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If you are a faithful reader of this column, it should not surprise you to learn that I am appalled by some of the editorial cartoons published here.

I understand that the Daily Republic has a conservative editorial page, and I am a middle-of-the-road kind of guy, so there is bound to be some friction, but some of these cartoons seem to be just blatant lies, pure propaganda pieces.

Editorial cartoons have a long and proud history of speaking truth to power, simplifying complex concepts and fomenting positive change. I grew up appreciating the political cartoons of Herb Block. He worked for The Washington Post, but his cartoons were syndicated throughout the country, including here in Solano County. I have books of collections of his cartoons, and they are like tiny time capsules, artfully explaining bits of our American story. His cartoons took complex national issues and objectively articulated them in an instant.

Herb Block satirized both political parties with equal ferocity, whenever there was a justifiable reason to do so. In those days, a long, long time ago, there were only a few syndicated political cartoonists, just like there were only a few TV networks, and it seemed like the national news anchors and editorial cartoonists understood the gravitas of their work and took their jobs seriously.

Nowadays, there are hundreds TV channels and hundreds of political cartoonists, covering the entire spectrum of human interests, each trying to outdo the other, vying for our attention, ratings and money. Truth has taken a back seat to pandering. Tell your audience what they want to hear, even if you have to create your own reality. These cartoonists do a disservice to their readers by perpetuating myth, blocking true communication and rejecting reasonable compromise.

We are all dumber, having seen them.

This brings us to Michael Ramirez’ political cartoon in the Feb. 10 edition of the Daily Republic. You may remember it: It pictured the Obamacare “death panel” saying “Let’s start with jobs.” This was in response to the Feb. 4 report by the Congressional Budget Office, which estimating that, as a result of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), many Americans would voluntarily reduce the number of hours they work over the next 10 years.

Americans will no longer be forced to stay with an undesirable job or work full time just to get health care benefits and millions will decide to work fewer hours, opening up employment opportunities for job seekers. In addition, the report says: “On balance, CBO estimates that the ACA will boost overall demand for goods and services over the next few years . . . .”

“The net increase in demand for goods and services will in turn boost demand for labor . . . .”

Republicans and right-wing media immediately and triumphantly trumpeted, “2.5 million jobs lost because of Obamacare” and Mike Ramirez showed us all what that fantasy looked like.

I posted on the Daily Republic website, “Another day. Another Mike Ramirez cartoon. Another lie.” That little comment opened the floodgates of howls from the Foxophiles.

Herb Block started out while still in high school, drawing political cartoons and giving them to his local paper for free. From these humble beginnings, he ended his career 70 years later with four Pulitzer Prizes, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and $50 million for his foundation.

Now, thanks to your Daily Republic, you can have the same opportunity. Managing Editor Glen Faison will consider publishing political cartoons submitted by local artists and, in order to exactly duplicate Herb Block’s path to glory, he is willing to forego paying any compensation. We seriously need better political cartoons here. So, go for it, Fairfield.

Mike Kirchubel grew up in Fairfield and is the author of “Vile Acts of Evil – Banking in America.” He can be reached at [email protected]

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You Know WhoFebruary 17, 2014 - 5:32 am

"I am a middle-of-the-road kind of guy..." Starting out with that colossal whopper, Mr. T Shirt descends into his usual attack on freedom of speech by anyone who does not love his brand of baloney. Now watch the pismires scurry around to his defense!

Google.....Wall Street Wants the Fed to Save it From Itself
When BlackRock talks, people should be listening.
By Alexei Bayer, October 31, 2013 ...............But this time is different. Several investment banks have been warning that the stock market has become dangerously overvalued. Laurence Fink, the head of BlackRock, the large asset management firm, declared recently that Wall Street has reached “bubble-like conditions”.
Indeed, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 index are in record territory. Even the NASDAQ Composite index of technology shares is at its highest level since the bursting of the dot.com bubble in March 2000.
Fink called on the U.S. Federal Reserve to tighten its monetary policy. BlackRock is the world’s largest money management firm with over $4 trillion of assets under management (equal to about a quarter of America’s annual GDP).
When BlackRock talks, people should be listening – except the Fed didn’t, declaring that the economy is too weak and vowing to continue pumping liquidity into the financial system. Extreme monetary ease is now in its sixth year.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 17, 2014 - 9:12 am

Yesterday on Sunday, replaying now....February 17, 2014 - 7:07 am

On Sunday, February 16 worldwide transmission of the Alex Jones Show, replaying now... Alex breaks down the massive buildup for martial law happening right now in America. The U.S. Army recently built a replica city in order to train for a military occupation of a small town. Costing $96 million to construct, the 300-acre town includes a church, a bank, a sports stadium and an underground subway. The army already conducts numerous occupation drills in rural communities across America. Alex also takes your calls to hear your take on this ongoing military training and the erosion of our Constitutional government. Be sure to tune into today's explosive broadcast!wwwinfowarscom

rlw895February 19, 2014 - 3:32 pm

Google.....February 17, 2014 - 7:29 am

U.S. Plunges To 46th In World Press Freedom Index… Below Romania Mike Krieger Liberty Blitzkrieg blog February 17, 2014 ...........One of my most popular posts of 2013 highlighted the decline of America’s once large and enviable middle class. It was titled: How Does America’s Middle Class Rank Globally? #27, and it helped to dispel many myths Americans (particularly the mainstream propaganda media) continue to tell to themselves.......................................
As you might expect, the economic decline of a nation into rule by a handful of corrupt oligarchs will have many other negative repercussions. One of these is a loss of civil rights and freedoms that many of us have taken for granted. Reporters Without Borders puts out their Press Freedom Index every year, and the 2014 ranking came out today. It was not a good showing for the USSA. Specifically, the U.S. registered one of the steepest falls of all nations, down 13 slots to the #46 position. As the screen shot shows, just above Haiti and just below Romania.

Today Monday on InfowarsFebruary 17, 2014 - 9:04 am

On the Monday, February 17 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Jones takes a deep look at how globalist frontman Obama is tailor made to withstand and deflect any amount of negative criticism, able to brush it off simply by labeling the opposition “racist.” Alex also breaks down J.P. Morgan Chase's decision to restrict cash deposits, Congress refusal to act on NSA reform legislation, and the fact that the military is training right in our own backyard to confront Americans on U.S. soil. On today's show, David welcomes the lead singer for metal band Korn, Jonathan Davis, to discuss how media and television rely on degrading imagery to influence and manipulate the population, simultaneously normalizing decadence and debauchery. Also on today's show, WND contributor and author of A Nation Forsaken: EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American Catastrophe F. Michael Maloof joins us to analyze the cause and effect of recent attacks on various power facilities throughout the U.S., and the escalating threat of war.wwwinfowarscom...wwwprisonplanetdottv

Google...February 17, 2014 - 9:33 am

Blackmailed Congress Stalls Legislation Outlawing NSA Surveillance America is now a totalitarian state Kurt Nimmo
February 17, 2014..............Rep. Jim Sensebrenner’s USA Freedom Act, designed to stop the NSA’s dragnet collection of data, is stalled in the House. Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Virginia, is holding back the bill from markup as he waits for the Obama administration to take a formal stand on the legislation. In the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, is waiting for recommendations from Attorney General Eric Holder and the intelligence community before moving forward with his bill.........................
Rolling back unconstitutional surveillance faces stiff resistance in the Senate from the likes of Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Feinstein is the Intelligence Committee chairwoman.................
Congressional leaders say there may be no action on legislation until the summer of 2015 when provisions of the Patriot Act governing data collection are set to expire.

SavetheRepublicFebruary 17, 2014 - 9:47 am

I think the Daily Republic could do away with the ( is it )Wednesday Recipe Full page section....most of the recipes I would never want.....Just have local readers submit their favorite Recipes, Gardening tips or local sightseeing/local travel destinations...anyway just print a couple of recipes from locals every week, or maybe some recipe favorites of local restaurant chefs.....I would like to see more news...like what the California Legislature did this week...or What California Senators and Congress people voted on this week and how they voted....also some analysis and break down of the country budget and the city budgets of each city in Solano County....also more articles about volunteer positions for local charities.....remember to buy a gun and stock up on food people.....also conservative types please attend the local Tea Party Meetings...check them out....The Tea Party may not be perfect but it is better than nothing....just remember both the Republican ( 9/11 was an inside job ) and Democrat ( they helped and covered up 9/11, and are too Socialist ) are evil power structures that should be reformed or replaced by political parties not controlled by the Globalist Bankers.....VOTE FOR ELLEN BROWN....please send her some money for her campaign....THANKS

I am hopelessFebruary 17, 2014 - 9:50 am

Mike KirchubelFebruary 17, 2014 - 9:58 am

StR, you were doing great until you started in on 9/11. I think you lost a lot of readers at that point and most would discount all the good suggestions. I think you hit on some great topics for a local paper to cover. Anybody else?

Google... 9/11 Silence on Saudis By Russ Baker on Dec 19, 2013 whowhatwhy(dot)com...If he cared about revivifying his brief reputation as a good-guy outsider ready to shine light on the hidden recesses of our governing apparatus (remember his election-night victory speech that brought tears and rare hope to America?), Obama could certainly start at this late date by taking a stand for transparency. Here’s how: Two Congressmen, a Democrat and a Republican, are asking Obama to declassify the congressional report on 9/11, which the Bush administration heavily redacted. The two members of the House of Representatives have read the blacked-out portions, including 28 totally blank pages that deal largely with Saudi government ties to the alleged 9/11 hijackers. This is apparently major connect-the-dots stuff—much more significant than what one may remember from Michael Moore’s film Fahrenheit 911, about Saudi royals and other Saudis studying and living in the US, who were allowed to go home without being interviewed in the aftermath of the attacks. This is about actual financial and logistical support of terrorism against the United States—by its ally, the Saudi government.......As a Hoover Institution media scholar wrote in the New York Post (normally no bastion of deep investigative inquiry): The Saudis deny any role in 9/11, but the CIA in one memo reportedly found “incontrovertible evidence” that Saudi government officials — not just wealthy Saudi hardliners, but high-level diplomats and intelligence officers employed by the kingdom — helped the hijackers both financially and logistically. The intelligence files cited in the report directly implicate the Saudi embassy in Washington and consulate in Los Angeles in the attacks, making 9/11 not just an act of terrorism, but an act of war.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 17, 2014 - 10:11 am

BTW....February 17, 2014 - 10:15 am

Thanks to all you for trying to bait my husband into saying something stupid or that could be misinterpreted......He sounds like he is being jerky sometimes but in real life some of his best friends have been black guys and girls.

I have lost most all hope I had for you Michael....February 17, 2014 - 10:26 am

and I am not happy about saying this......Redeem yourself....Give me a list of Democrats/Progressives that are going to stop us from going to war for oil.... Who will fight the illegal activities of the Globalist Banking/Corporate/Military Industrial Complex/ Corrupt elements of the Intelligence Structure.....Who will get rid of the Rothschild Central Bank known as The Federal Reserve......Who will tell us to stock up on food and buy a gun....Who will rebuild the Strategic oil and other reserven of the United States, who will open up the capped oil wells in Alaska that the Globalists are holding in reserve.......So what is your list of things that you want your "Magic Progressives" to accomplish?....Remember you liberals.....you can not give away the goodies if you can not pay for them.

Mr. SmithFebruary 18, 2014 - 3:25 pm

Ha, ha, ha, Mike. You got what you deserved for patronizing poor StR in order to boost the comment count on your column. Go ahead, answer her question to you, Mike. Who really did 911? Ha, ha ha ha!!!!

rlw895February 19, 2014 - 3:34 pm

In General Google.....Time magazine fluoride.......Google....Children Exposed to More Brain-Harming Chemicals Than Ever Before By Alice Park Feb. 14, 2014 .................
A new report finds the number of chemicals contributing to brain disorders in children has doubled since 2006.........Now the same researchers have reviewed the literature and found six additional industrial chemicals that can hamper normal brain development. These are manganese, fluoride, chlorpyrifos, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Manganese, they say, is found in drinking water and can contribute to lower math scores and heightened hyperactivity, while exposure to high levels of fluoride from drinking water can contribute to a seven-point drop in IQ on average. The remaining chemicals, which are found in solvents and pesticides, have been linked to deficits in social development and increased aggressive behaviors..........Poster's Note....Breast feeding is so much better for babies...this piece does not even cover what is in Baby Formula.

POST PLEASE..............But this time is different. Several investment banks have been warning that the stock market has become dangerously overvalued. Laurence Fink, the head of BlackRock, the large asset management firm, declared recently that Wall Street has reached “bubble-like conditions”.
Indeed, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 index are in record territory. Even the NASDAQ Composite index of technology shares is at its highest level since the bursting of the dot.com bubble in March 2000.
Fink called on the U.S. Federal Reserve to tighten its monetary policy. BlackRock is the world’s largest money management firm with over $4 trillion of assets under management (equal to about a quarter of America’s annual GDP).
When BlackRock talks, people should be listening – except the Fed didn’t, declaring that the economy is too weak and vowing to continue pumping liquidity into the financial system. Extreme monetary ease is now in its sixth year.

@ MichaelFebruary 17, 2014 - 1:19 pm

YOU ARE SO BIASED ALSO.....So you really want to tell everyone that DEMOCRAT JOHNSON paramour of the Vietnam war was not a FULL PARTICIPANT in the JFK assassination? That Mr. Obama is not just another Illuminati Presidential Puppet....just like Bushs and Clintons ? Phooey

JohnFebruary 17, 2014 - 6:48 pm

Political cartoonists like Herb Block and Pat Oliphant honed their skills and developed their talent for capturing the essence of the issue in a skillful way over many years. Managing Editor Glen Faison is to be commended for agreeing to be inundated with less than artful cartoons from local talent(?). Thanks for getting Glen to take on this onerous duty (but it might increase readership by making the DR more inclusive).
I do hope that we will see a more balanced selection of editorial cartoons in the future.
Thanks for taking up this issue.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 17, 2014 - 7:06 pm

Thanks. My hope is that we start to see more cartoons that are not so right wing fringe. Maybe one or two that represent the real world rather than the Foxish vision. I hope some local teachers ask their classes to create some drawings to help get them involved in current events.

JohnFebruary 17, 2014 - 7:40 pm

Mr. SmithFebruary 17, 2014 - 9:04 pm

I sincerely hope the DR does not let Mike browbeat it into changing the editorial stance vis-a-vis cartoons. Mike's "real world"/anti-Foxian chant is proof that the cartoons are right on the money when it comes to the "real world" as most of us know it. The truth hurts, doesn't it Mike?

rlw895February 17, 2014 - 10:14 pm

Mr.S: Of course Mike's "real world" anti-Foxism "chant" might also be "proof" that Mike cares about the truth and his country being misled. How do you tell the difference? You have, in fact, no "proof" at all, just opinions.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 17, 2014 - 11:27 pm

Exactly what i was going to say. Where is your proof that i'm not simply telling you the truth and that you are severely misled? Nobody has ever shown me to be biased. Go ahead, smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 18, 2014 - 8:18 am

Now I did barfFebruary 18, 2014 - 11:29 am

"...tell us of a time that I wrote something other than the truth." How about right now. You just refuse to admit that you use your wordsmithing skills to weave a completely false pictures out of snippets of truth. You are the Whopper King.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 18, 2014 - 3:27 pm

Today Tuesday on InfowarsFebruary 18, 2014 - 3:08 pm

On this Tuesday, February 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex takes a look at a rapidly deteriorating American economy as China dumps a pile up of U.S. debt and economists warn of serious hyperinflation ahead. Alex also talks about the apparent suicide death of yet another J.P. Morgan banker and disturbing developments in increasingly robotic world of police state enforcement. On today's transmission, Alex talks with constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, author, and founder of the Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly. She will talk about so-called immigration reform and the influx of illegal aliens in the United States.wwwinfowarscom

Mr. SmithFebruary 18, 2014 - 8:30 am

And THIS time, we have all seen the same evidence--i.e., the collection of Ramirez cartoons and Mike's printed reactions thereto. So, my "opinions" are based upon my own observations. It could not be more clear to me, and I would guess the majority of folks reading these posts over time. It is condescending to fret over "other folks" being "misled" by the cartoons. We are all adults here, free to draw our own conclusions. No need for a revamping of the DR's editorial stance.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 18, 2014 - 9:26 am

Yes, this time we all got to see Mike Ramirez take a right-wing fantasy and create a cartoon out of it. I'm sure that most people are happy to see a cartoonist pandering to their prejudices, but a few of us still expect truth. Herb Block was hard-hitting and never had to create an alternate reality to make his point. But that was in the days before political pander TV took over and nowadays most people take comfort in seeing their tenuous, imaginary realities reinforced in other media. They have a built-up fictional world view, that tells them it's ok to be greedy, hateful, and racist, and find it painful when their biases are exposed to light. I still remember those days before Faux News. I still expect arguments based on truth.

StR @ MichaelFebruary 18, 2014 - 3:37 pm

Someone needs to explain to everyone that National Debt is in many respects fictional....Since the money that composes the Debt never existed until it was created as a book keeping entry.....We are all brainwashed, we could have an international debt forgivence and it would not hurt the ordinary citizen if internal to the countries each country broke away from the Rothschild controlled Central Bank and created their own money this could be used to refund any pension funds etc...that were looted by the Central Bankers....remember the money was created from nothing in the first place...Youtube...Money as Debt.....The main problem is oil and energy production, since the same Bankers/Corporatists own the major oil companies also.....each oil producing country would have to take control of the oil deposits within their country away from the major oil corporations, who unfortunately are the ones with the expertise to get it out of the ground, shipped, refined and shipped again...This to me is the most unsolvable problem....also the US can not be the attack dog for the Central Bankers any longer......Any comments on this Michael? Really even though my own husband will not give me the money to do it....stock up on food and buy a gun.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 18, 2014 - 4:42 pm

The National Debt does not have to be. We can cut it by $2 trillion tomorrow without any adverse effect to 99.999% of us and eliminate about 90% of it over the next decade without causing any economic turmoil by issuing our own currency. Let's vote on it.

Mike KirchubelMarch 10, 2014 - 10:14 am

A significant portion of the national debt is actually borrowed from Canada, England, China, Japan, little old ladies, and mutual funds. Much of it is "owed" to other federal entities like Social Security. The money owed to entities outside the government needs to be repaid. That can only be done by having the government issue its own money and having budget surpluses. That will take many years, but shouldn't collapse the system like trying to pay it down using our present system of debt money.

Google...Globalists Unveil Socialist-backed New World Tax Regime Alex Newman thenewamericancom February 17, 2014....................As various tax-funded international institutions explicitly outline plans to plunder humanity’s wealth to prop up governments drowning in odious debts, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last week officially unveiled a new socialist-backed plot to create a global tax information-sharing regime to ensure that nobody except the establishment escapes the upcoming fleecing. Under the proposed scheme, admittedly inspired by “FATCA,” the Obama administration’s latest addition to the sprawling U.S. tax regime, governments and dictatorships worldwide will automatically share all private financial data on citizens with each other to extract as much wealth as possible from the public.

Wikipedia.....Ellen BrownFebruary 18, 2014 - 3:00 pm

Infowars for TuesdayFebruary 18, 2014 - 3:10 pm

On this Tuesday, February 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex takes a look at a rapidly deteriorating American economy as China dumps a pile up of U.S. debt and economists warn of serious hyperinflation ahead. Alex also talks about the apparent suicide death of yet another J.P. Morgan banker and disturbing developments in increasingly robotic world of police state enforcement. On today's transmission, Alex talks with constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, author, and founder of the Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly. She will talk about so-called immigration reform and the influx of illegal aliens in the United States.

Google....February 18, 2014 - 3:19 pm

GoogleFebruary 18, 2014 - 3:23 pm

EU Eyes Confiscation of Personal Savings, Pension Plans
William F. Jasper thenewamericancom February 18, 2014...............As we have warned, governments and central banks all over the world are getting ready to plunder savings accounts and pensions to fund ongoing spending binges and mounting debts.
Reuters news service reported an ominous story on February 12 indicating that authorities in the European Union may soon be resorting to the “Polish option” of nationalizing pension funds to pay for national debt obligations, as well as to fund continued out-of-control government spending.

Google....really this is very interesting...February 18, 2014 - 3:55 pm

Inside Wall Street's most secret society: The billionaire banker fraternity where cross-dressing new members make jokes about Hillary Clinton and drunkenly mock the financial crisis
Daily Mail 18 February 2014 James Nye

ContinuedFebruary 18, 2014 - 4:01 pm

Another two financiers, Bill Mulrow, who is an executive at the Blackstone Group and Emil Henry, who is a hedge fund manager with Tiger Infrastructure Partners and former assistant secretary of the Treasury did a two man comedy sketch........
In it, Mulrow played the role of a liberal radical while Henry played the part of a wealthy baron...............
Roose said that it looked like a debate between the 99 percent and the 1 percent..............
At one point, Henry said, 'Bill, look at you! You're pathetic, you liberal! You need a bath!'..........................
To which Henry shouted, 'My God, you callow, insensitive Republican! Don't you know what we need to do? We need to create jobs.'..................
Past and current neophytes include former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and members of the wealthy Rockefeller family...............................................The current head of Kappa Beta Phi, or Grand Swipe, is Wilbur Ross, 76, known for restructuring failed companies in hard industries and who is conservatively estimated to be worth $1.9 billion.......................
Other members include AIG CEO Bob Benmosche, Alan 'Ace' Greenberg, the former chairman of Bear Stearns and President Obama donor Marc Lasry.............................
Roose describes that membership is not just for the successful in banking. There are also wildly unsuccessful members such as former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld and former Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne.

Bob ChoisserFebruary 18, 2014 - 4:41 pm

Yep...I do believe you truly are a "middle of the road kind of guy". Like most hogs and drunk drivers, you take your half out of the middle. I do believe you write the nonsense that drifts out of your head like the smoke from a joint, just to see what kind of comments you receive. If any reader ever, ever thought you were in the middle of the road, they would attempt to run you down which wouldn't be a much of a chore as you are one huge target. And if the Daily Republic pays you a dime, it's far too much.
In your small provincial world, you really don't understand the trend of political cartoonists. Nearly all of the time, political cartoons are quite reliable predictor of political trends. Good political cartoons will foretell the future. You probably didn't notice, but the swing away from the liberal left started almost two years ago. You are just starting to notice what has become a near landslide of anti-Obama slams. Mike, look out, is someone hasn't run you down, you are about to be crushed by an 18-wheeler driven from the right side of the road...heads up!

Mike KirchubelFebruary 18, 2014 - 4:50 pm

Wow, thanks for the warning. Perhaps you didn't notice, but in the real world, on channels other than Fox, the Dems won far more votes than the Repubs in the last election, which was less than two years ago. I'm thinking about doing a column on what is the middle of the road. What do you think?

SavetheRepublic @ Mr. ChoisserFebruary 19, 2014 - 9:42 am

So Mr. Choisser...... What do you guys/gals think of me, the former Secretary of the Solano County Republican Central Committee? I sincerely hope that someone checks out my references...Do not any of you want to know the Truth?....Do you really want to help save The Republic?.....Really you people out there that know about the Federal Reserve and that 9/11 was an inside job and that both the Republicans and Democrats were in on it....You need to attend your respective County Democrat or Republican Central Committees/ Democrat clubs etc.......DO SOMETHING, DO IT NOW......BTW Someone should ask Condolezza Rice at the Republican Spring Convention, why they really let 9/11 happen....Do not let them get away with this people...or the PSYOPS, False Flags will only continue, both Democrat ones like Oklahoma City and 9/11

And the agenda continues on the left....see speakers at the Democrat Spring Convention 2014.....lots of "Climate Change" here....OK so what about Chemtrails....Democrats ask them why the Geo-engineering...if anything the Chemtrails are the manmade contributing factors ( and possibly the HAARP atmospheric heaters )....IF it was really heating up, yet to be proven..... it would more likely be the result of a cycle of Sun activity not anything madmade.....OK you Democrats/Progressive/Liberal.....1. Ask who really owns/controls the Federal Reserve ( Hint the top of the 1%, the Federal Reserve is basically privately owned, by the Rothschild and City of London Bankers, as are most of the Central Banks of all countries of the world ).....2. Demand a reinvestigation of 9/11....remember World Trade Center 7 and that there was no Plane wreckage at the Pentagon.......Hmmmmm I think someone has lied to us all.....3. What about the Bill of Rights...should not this be preserved DO NOT LET FEINSTEIN and PELOSI trash The Bill of Rights and the Constitution............THANKS

rlw895February 19, 2014 - 3:45 pm

"Good political cartoonists foretell the future." No, that's not what they are--or should be--about. They should use humor to illustrate some current event. If they try to foretell the future, they are only following a trend, even if it is wrong-headed. A good political cartoonist should be right-headed at all times. People should become smarter, not dumber, for reading their material.

CD BrooksFebruary 18, 2014 - 5:10 pm

Wow Mike, the trolls are piling on. Not one iota of evidence or anything to back them up. Pretty chicken to make such threats people. Let's hope you're not drowning and we're the only ones around to save you.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 18, 2014 - 5:19 pm

CD, Ha, they got nothin'. They're jabbin' at air. All they can do is hope and pray they haven't been led astray by their friends at Fox. They have too much vested in their fantasy to let go now. Can you imagine what it would be like to cultivate a circle of friends over the years, each reinforcing the others' Foxian world view, only to eventually discover they were wrong about everything. What would you say and who would you say it to? It's a sad predicament, really.

Mike KirchubelMarch 10, 2014 - 10:03 am

Mr. SmithFebruary 18, 2014 - 6:18 pm

Mike: You are correct, sir. But stinkin' or smellin'--either way, your lefty propaganda fits the mold. And when you get nailed to the wall by a conservative, you come back with--wait for it--crickets! And you move on to another topic. Much like Obama. Obamacare is a flat out disaster at this point, but he is off on his never-ending campaign trail, now preaching once again about global warming(!) and raising the minimum wage. Pathetic, really. Before it is all over, most former Obama supporters will be wearing paper bags over their heads ( or should). The polls are starting to show the trend, already.

StRFebruary 18, 2014 - 8:46 pm

The IMPORTANT thing to remember is that just like the Illuminati, Global Banker Controlled Bushs and Clintons and Obama....it is just a tag team used to accomplish the Globalist agenda in increments....now they have the sheeple dependent on Obamacare and so far the agenda for disarming the American public in the name of gun control has not been successfully completed even with all their PSYOPS operations and Diane Feinstein touting the Illuminati line, but you can easily see it on the agenda....same with the Transpacific Partnership ( tell your Senators to NOT vote to ratify this )...you can see this is on their agenda....It will not matter who gets elected nect time a Republican or a Democrat if such Repub or Dem is just another Illuminati Puppet......How can we get Presidential candidates of either/both parties that are not controlled by the Globalist Bankers?.....That is the Important Question......How can we get a Treasury Secretary that does not work for Goldman Sachs/The House of Rothschild.....that is the real important question.

CD BrooksFebruary 19, 2014 - 6:39 am

Mr. Smith, I’m curious about your comment “the polls are starting to show the trend, already.” I’ve said that I don’t typically rely on polls for many reasons. So is your comment based on the Limbaugh prediction or some new alleged poll now circulating? I will tell you right now the media is at work here but listen, even Obama’s alleged “numbers” mean zero in the over-all scope of politics going into November and the midterm election. I’d be surprised if someone thinks otherwise.

SavetheRepublicFebruary 19, 2014 - 7:49 am

As I have Said Ad Nauseum the Presidential and Senate and many of the House of Representatives, Governor elections are doubly rigged....First both candidates Democrat, Republican, even some of the third party candidates are all pre-chosen and selected by the Banking/Globalist/Corporate establishment so in the end no matter what they have their man/woman in office.....But of course the elite do have their preferences...in these cases one candidate is more funded, or they have the news media print something to make sure their preferred candidate wins or as in the case of Ohio they just rig the Black Box electronic voting tallies...or like old time Chicago Politics the voting boxes are stuffed in other manners....For the most part there are no truly free and impartial elections of candidates that will truly fight the Globalist system....So in the end it don't matter much who is elected Democrat or Republican....this is best illustrated by Obama's Libya take down and now Syria...the globalist wars continue no matter which side is in office...the massive spending and eventual default of the United States continues.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 19, 2014 - 8:11 am

Yes that is the Question.......February 19, 2014 - 8:35 am

Well....Last night I did try speaking in person to a United States Senator, I think one of the fairly decent ones....Morally it seems that we should at least try to do the right thing, even realizing that for our efforts we just get scorned or worse terminated. READ REVELATION IN THE BIBLE

My husband has me on a tight leash......February 19, 2014 - 8:44 am

I basically have no money of my own to spend....So if you want, Michael you can send me a copy of your book and I will try to have some, somewhat placed people read it, of course with the caveat that is really, really Michael, is so biased towards the Democrats....Why did you do this? It is a very good book otherwise....I still do not trust that you yourself are not evil, you seem too smart to just be a deluded liberal.

Mr. SmithFebruary 19, 2014 - 9:27 am

CD: I don't remember the poll that was quoted on mainstream news the other night, but I quit listening to Limbaugh about 2 years ago. The people polled were previous Obama voters, and a sizeable percentage said they either regretted their vote or would not do so again.

CD BrooksFebruary 19, 2014 - 10:00 am

rlw895February 19, 2014 - 3:55 pm

Mr.S: As I predicted long ago, the Republicans are betting the ranch on ObamaCare being a failure, and are doing all they can to make it so. Note they have given up on the budget and debt ceiling wars to focus on that one issue. It's "ObamaCare all the time" from the Right from now until the next election. No immigration reform, no anything else. Obama is too smart to play in the Republican sand box. He will remain the adult in the room dealing with the world of reality, putting food on the table, and protecting all Americans.

Mr. SmithFebruary 19, 2014 - 5:21 pm

RLW: Don't look now, but Obamacare is already a failure. Only the truly mesmerized among you refuses to see that. So, yes, the GOP will hammer this point home ad nauseum. And it will be a winning ticket to congress and perhaps the White House in spite of Obama's unilateral, semi-unconstitutional, desperate efforts to forestall the most egregious aspects of his "legacy legislation" untill after the elections. Sleep easy, my friend.

CD BrooksFebruary 19, 2014 - 6:46 pm

"Mr. Smith," HA! HA! You cannot be serious? The GOP winning the White House? They'll be lucky to have a majority after November. CRAZY MAN, CRAZY! Remember if you have that for four hours call your doctor...

Mike KirchubelMarch 10, 2014 - 10:00 am

Have yet to be "nailed to the wall" by anybody. I assume that would hurt. Also, no on has ever pointed out any lies in any of my columns. I assume that would sting a bit. Keep living in your fantasy world where you are right and ... keep on chooglin.

rlw895February 19, 2014 - 4:02 pm

Mr. SmithFebruary 19, 2014 - 8:06 pm

Thanks, RLW. I'll take that as a compliment. On this board, " dumbing down" is a euphemism for standing up for truth, freedom and the American way. As opposed to the Pelosi/Reid/Obama propaganda talking points, of course. Oh, by the way, did you catch Pelosi's recent reference to "extreme Taliban?" I guess the "regular" Taliban is ok in her book. Nyuk, nyuk! But thank goodness Obama is on top of the global warming threat to our planet. Why worry about the trivial matter of wrecking the American economy and way of life when there is a chance that all industrial nations, acting together, could reduce the averge temperature of the earth by two-tenths of one degree if they would just go along with the UN accords?

Google...February 18, 2014 - 8:34 pm

OpEdNews Op Eds 2/18/2014 By John Whitehead
Paranoia, Surveillance and Military Tactics: Have We Become Enemies of the Government?.................I don't think so. While this hyper-militarization of the government is being sold to the public as a means of preventing terrorism and maintaining national security, it is little more than a wolf in sheep's clothing. In fact, as I document in my book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, what we are dealing with is a police state disguised as a benevolent democracy, a run-away government hyped up on its own power and afraid of its citizenry, whose policies are dictated more by paranoia than need. ...................
Making matters worse, "we the people" have become so trusting, so gullible, so easily distracted, so out-of-touch and so sure that our government will always do the right thing by us that we are ignoring the warning signs all around us, or at least failing to recognize them as potential red flags and opportunities to ask questions, demand answers, and hold our government officials accountable to respecting our rights and abiding by the rule of law. (Remember that the people of Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Germany also failed to ask questions, demand answers, and hold their government officials accountable until it was too late, and we know how that turned out.)...............It was recently revealed that the DHS plans on purchasing 75.1 million rounds of ammunition in 2014. In the past two years, the DHS purchased "1.6 billion rounds of hollow-point ammunition, along with 7,000 fully-automatic 5.56x45mm NATO "personal defense weapons' plus a huge stash of 30-round high-capacity magazines." They also received over 2,500 Mine-Resistant Armored Protection (MRAP) vehicles, which they have begun passing around to local police departments across the country.

continuedFebruary 18, 2014 - 9:13 pm

All you Progressives/Liberals/Democrats...please educate your sorry selves.....Google....JOHN F. KENNEDY – EXECUTIVE ORDER 11110: Rescind The Fed, Repeal The Fed, End The FED! “If You Want ‘Real’ Change Mr. Obama, You Can Start Here. It’s What JFK Wanted, And We Need!”
November 9, 2012 True Democracy Party...This means that for every ounce of silver in the U.S. Treasury’s vault, the government could introduce new money into circulation based on the silver bullion physically held there. As a result, more than $4 billion in United States Notes were brought into circulation in $2 and $5 denominations. $10 and $20 United States Notes were never circulated but were being printed by the Treasury Department when Kennedy was assasinated. It appears obvious that President Kennedy knew the Federal Reserve Notes being used as the purported legal currency were contrary to the Constitution of the United States of America. “United States Notes” were issued as an interest-free and debt-free currency backed by silver reserves in the U.S. Treasury.................Again, according to our own research, just five months after Kennedy was assasinated, no more of the Series 1958 “Silver Certificates” were issued either, and they were subsequently removed from circulation. Perhaps the assassination of JFK was a warning to all future presidents not to interfere with the private Federal Reserve’s control over the creation of money. It seems very apparent that President Kennedy challenged the “powers that exist behind U.S. and world finance”. With true patriotic courage, JFK boldly faced the two most successful vehicles that have ever been used to drive up debt: 1) war (Viet Nam); and, 2) the creation of money by a privately owned central bank. His efforts to have all U.S. troops out of Vietnam by 1965 combined with Executive Order 11110 would have destroyed the profits and control of the private Federal Reserve Bank.

Mike KirchubelFebruary 18, 2014 - 10:21 pm

On this Wednesday, February 19 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex reveals the latest power moves made by the elites who are manipulating current events from behind the scenes. In an effort to further consolidate government control over mainstream media, the Obama administration is now planning to place government representatives inside news rooms across the country to influence which news stories are covered and which stories are ignored. Geopolitical expert and political activist Lyndon Larouche joins the show to break down the major players who are secretly fueling the protests in Kiev. Joseph Farah, journalist and editor-in-chief of World Net Daily, also joins the broadcast to reveal the latest on Obama's purge of the military. Alex also takes your calls to hear your take on these topics and more.wwwinfowarscom

StRFebruary 19, 2014 - 11:32 am

What's up....I hate to be a sour puss.......but Joseph Farrah sounds too happy....Does he have an exit plan in place?...A safe haven somewhere...I can not see Mr. Farrah going down with the ship......same thing with Ron Paul...he seems too happy sometimes.....I just can not help it....I question everything and trust no one anymore...Sad very Sad..........READ REVELATION IN THE BIBLE

Puddin TaneFebruary 19, 2014 - 5:11 pm

"I question everything and trust no one any more[...]READ REVELATION IN THE BIBLE." Do you also question the wisdom of ancient shepherds from Palestine, which was then sorted out into canon by the time the Council of Trent was held? Seeing as they believed in a geocentric universe, I would take those writings with a grain of salt.

Google...February 19, 2014 - 10:00 am

Amerikan Stasi Police State Staring Us In The Face Paul Craig Roberts Infowarscom February 19, 2014..............Does this make the President of the United States, whose oath of office is to defend the US Constitution against enemies domestic and foreign, a domestic extremist? Is the fear of arrest by Homeland Security as a domestic extremist the reason Obama refuses to defend the Constitution of the United States?...........................
The Army is being trained for domestic police duties that are in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act that prevents the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, another indication that Washington has no respect for the country’s laws and that Obama and his “Justice” Department have no intention of enforcing the laws of the land or abiding by the Constitution.

Google....February 19, 2014 - 10:07 am

America’s Five Criminals: In the U.S. the Gestapo Has Replaced the Rule of Law By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Global Research, February 17, 2014................
"Concentration camps are a likely future reality for Americans", according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ..............All five of these Gestapo wannabes are in violation of their oath of office to protect the Constitution of the United States. They have relentlessly violated the Constitution, which makes these five, who are in charge of US intelligence and black operations, traitors to the United States. Yet, they have not been arrested and put on trial. Congress is content to sit there and listen to their ongoing lies time after time after time, despite the fact that these 5 have committed more and worse crimes against our country than the “terrorists” that serve as an excuse for the crimes committed by the intelligence agencies...............(L-R) National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen, FBI Director James Comey, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testify during a hearing before Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee January 29, 2014 (Alex Wong / Getty Images / AFP)

Google....February 19, 2014 - 10:53 am

Does The Trail Of Dead Bankers Lead Somewhere? Michael Snyder Economic Collapse February 19, 2014..............and What Lies Beneath the Bodies of Dead Bankers? February 19, 2014 Doug Hagmann on Exposing what lies beneath the bodies of dead bankers and what lies ahead for us.

rlw895February 19, 2014 - 4:06 pm

Tick Life CycleFebruary 19, 2014 - 5:21 pm

Today Friday on InfowarsFebruary 21, 2014 - 9:16 am

On this Friday, February 21 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex looks at new disturbing evidence in a spate of suicides of JP Morgan bankers, a catastrophic trend in the abortion rate of black babies, a tentative deal reached in Ukraine between protesters and the embattled government, and the new look and feel of the Infowars.com website. On today's broadcast, Alex talks with New York Times best-selling author Jerome Corsi about the Obama administration’s purge of top military officials. Mr. Corsi is the author of numerous books, including Who Really Killed Kennedy? available at the Infowars Store.wwwinfowarscom

Today Monday on InfowarsFebruary 24, 2014 - 10:17 am

On this Monday, February 24 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex reveals the rising popularity of liberty and the steady decline of tyrannical viewpoints. CNN television host Piers Morgan has openly admitted that his gun control advocacy lead to his declining ratings and the ultimate loss of his show, which happened this past weekend. Morgan enjoyed explosive ratings after Alex's appearance last year but viewers grew tired of Morgan's constant demonization of gun rights. Similarly, in response to President Obama's attacks on the Second Amendment, gun sales have nearly tripled since 2000 as Americans reaffirm their freedoms. Alex also takes your phone calls to hear your take on the rising tide of liberty and more.wwwinfowarscom.....wwwprisonplanet(dot)tv

Google... Bill Gates' $100 million database to track students
Corporations gaining access to grades, addresses, hobbies, attitudes Published: 03/25/2013 By Michael F. Haverluck .............................. Remember Bill Gates and his sponsor the National Governors Association are behind the PSYOP Brainwashing known as Common Core... Why should we keep fighting, because they will come for your children... Children are the best sacrifice to Satan. Do you all want to sacrifice your Children.....your Grandchildren....We have already put our children in Bondage to pay the National Debt......We are sacrificing their freedom to government control.......So sad to make babies and not care about their future....WAKE UP PEOPLE

Google......The truth about Labour's apologists for paedophilia: Police probe child sex campaign group linked to three top party officials in wake of Savile scandal By Guy Adams and Michael Seamark Daily Mail 18 February 2014...............Harriet Harman, Jack Dromey and Patricia Hewitt linked to vile group
They were key figures at National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) The NCCL was an 'affiliate' of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE) PIE members may have abused children on an 'industrial scale'

wars and rumors of warsFebruary 24, 2014 - 10:47 am

Leave Ukraine Alone! Ron Paul Infowarscom February 24, 2014 more regime change by the Obama administration..... Why does the international Intelligence/ black ops military industrial establishment, working for the Bankers insist on provoking these wars?

Google.....February 24, 2014 - 10:51 am

In Ukraine, EU and US Interventionists Nearing the Civil War They Caused Michael Scheuer Ron Paul Institute
February 23, 2014 It always seems to start with the BBC. Months ago when the Ukrainian president patiently explained that his country’s economic and energy realities — which Vladimir Putin underscored — required that it stay close to Russia and not yet enter into a closer relationship with the EU, the BBC flooded Kiev with correspondents. These “independent” journalists began covering every angle of the crisis, or at least the angles that coincided with the view of pro-EU Ukrainian demonstrators and the BBC’s own, now thoroughly institutionalized, worship of the divinity known as the EU.

The Power of Illuminati Pied PipersFebruary 25, 2014 - 8:18 am

Today Tuesday on InfowarsFebruary 25, 2014 - 7:33 pm

On the Tuesday, February 25 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex expounds on the developments in Ukraine in the aftermath of a revolution, more similar to a coup d’état, that will replace one dictator with a more western-compliant dictator. Alex also gives key insight on the dying gasps of the mainstream dinosaur media, the Obama, an Arizona bill granting businesses the freedom to deny service on the grounds of religion and the resurgence of eugenics through the popularization of in vitro fertilization and the option to choose genetic traits, in effect creating designer babies. We'll also be taking your calls on today's worldwide broadcast.wwwinfowarscom

Today Wednesday on InfowarsFebruary 26, 2014 - 9:44 pm

On the February 26 edition of Alex Jones' worldwide broadcast, Alex covers the growing crisis in Ukraine as Russian troops take up positions in Sevastopol in Crimea and Putin orders “combat readiness” in western and central Europe and the Cold War set piece is dusted off and placed on the geostrategic chessboard. Meanwhile, a Chinese activist warns that protests similar to the those staged in Ukraine may soon occur in China. Guests on today's show include Chris Driskill, the Texas man who was turned away from a voting booth for wearing a pro-Second Amendment t-shirt, and Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, who will be in-studio.wwwinfowarscom

InfowarsMarch 02, 2014 - 1:42 pm

On the Friday, February 28 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Jones breaks down Russia's decision to conduct various snap combat readiness drills, as the soviet nation confirms it has moved troops into Crimea. Alex also examines how Ukraine's “revolution” guided them right into the hands of the IMF, the globalist organization that wrote the playbook on how to loot nations of their wealth and infrastructure. On today's show, Alex speaks with world renowned relocation consultant, publisher of World Affairs Brief and author of Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places, Joel Skousen about the developments in Crimea and Ukraine and how the global elite plan to pilfer the country dry. Alex also invites American political news commentator and editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller, Tucker Carlson to discuss why the public is tuning out mainstream news networks and turning in to real, unfiltered alternative and independent media.wwwinfowarscom

Today Sunday on InfowarsMarch 02, 2014 - 2:25 pm

On the LIVE Sunday, March 2 transmission of the Alex Jones Show, Alex continues to explore the all hell breaking loose scenario unfolding in Ukraine, as Ukraine's interim prime minister denounces Russia's occupation as an informal “declaration of war.” But as all out war looms, and as the US weighs sanctions and other forms of punishment for Russia, Americans are sidetracked by the usual bread and circuses, ready to participate in the mass distraction spectacle that is the Oscars. Jones will also cover other breaking news items and take your calls on this worldwide broadcast.wwwinfowarscom